Records held at the Courthouse

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Baker County Court House as of July 2005. This courthouse has the reputation of being the cleanest county record depository in the state of Oregon.

Record Loss: Some will books were lost in a county clerk's office fire in 1890s. One early marriage register missing (as of 2005).

The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

Resources

Biography

An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney countiesWorldCat 5436806 ▲ FHL Collection([Spokane, Washington]: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1902).Heavy on history (prehistoric to time of publication), heavy on biographies of prominent men, but little of genealogies and Also available in other forms:

Thirty-one years in Baker County: a history of the county from 1861 to 1893; Isaac Hiatt WorldCat 841884 ▲ FHL Collection(Baker, Oregon: Baker County Historical Society and the Powder River Sportsmen's Club, 1970).

Emigration and Immigration

Gazetteers

Genealogy

The History of Baker County; Baker County Historical Society, pub. 1986. WorldCat 15218008 ▲ FHL Collection([S.l.]: Baker County Historical Society (OR), 1986)Little of biography and local history, more of family genealogies.